Do anxiety-related attentional biases mediate the link between maternal over involvement and separation anxiety in children?

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 509-521

  Perez Olivas, Gisela ^a   Stevenson, Jim ^a   Hadwin, Julie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 67249113585     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930801886656     Document Type: Article

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